Labor & Employment

OH Specific

4.59

Ohio Employment Law: Hiring, Firing, and Disciplining Employees

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Credit Status Total
Ohio CLE Approved 6 Total
OnDemand
5 hours 54 minutes
James Burkhardt
Priscilla Hapner
Rachel Reight
Grace Kuntz
Christopher Russell
With James G. Burkhardt from James Burkhardt, Arbitration & Mediation LLC + 4 others
Recorded December 16, 2024
Product ID 99276

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Overview

Your Guide to Lawfully Hiring and Terminating Employees

What are the do's and don'ts of using social media to screen job applicants? Do you know how to craft an effective investigative report following a workplace investigation? When should you address a decline in work performance concerning an employee on intermittent leave? In this comprehensive online seminar, our experienced faculty provide you with essential guidelines for hiring, onboarding, disciplining, and terminating workers. Whether you're new to employment law, or you're just hoping to get a refresher, this course is for you - register today!

  • Adopt best practices for hiring and onboarding new employees.
  • Uncover practical guidance for preventing hiring discrimination issues.
  • Formulate basic strategies for managing remote workers.
  • Come away with essential tools for conducting reviews.
  • Tackle termination meetings and exit interviews with confidence.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Hiring New Employees: Complying With Federal and State Laws
  2. Hiring Discrimination Issues - How to Prevent and Handle Them
  3. Hiring, Onboarding, and Managing Remote Workers: How to Do It Right
  4. Guidelines for Terminating Employees on Leave
  5. Firing Employees: Legal Essentials
  6. Legal Essentials of Disciplining Employees
  7. Conducting Workplace Investigations: Legal Best Practices
  8. Ethical Issues in Employment Law

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Ohio CLE Approved 6 Total
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  1. Hiring New Employees: Complying With Federal and State Laws

    1. Guidelines for Using Social Media to Screen Applicants
    2. Interviews: Avoiding Common Perils
    3. Training Supervisors and Managers on Hiring Practices: Why It Matters
    4. Offer Letters and Other Essential At-Hire Documents
    5. Non-Compete Agreements - Current Developments
    6. Understanding State Working Age Requirements

  2. Hiring Discrimination Issues - How to Prevent and Handle Them

    1. Case Law and Legislative Updates
    2. Risks in Diversity Initiatives
    3. Pay Equity and Salary Transparency - The Latest Developments
    4. Use of AI in Hiring
    5. Background Checks: What You Must Know
    6. Uniform Discipline: Best Practices to Avoid Discrimination Claims

  3. Hiring, Onboarding, and Managing Remote Workers: How to Do It Right

    1. Best Practices in Navigating Varying State Employment Laws
    2. Virtual Interviews and Telework: Impact on the Hiring and Onboarding Process
    3. Tips for Monitoring Work Performance
    4. Ensuring Workers Are Abiding by Company Policies: When and How
    5. Do's and Don'ts of Increasing Employee Retention
    6. Multi-Jurisdictional Work: Recent Case Law

  4. Guidelines for Terminating Employees on Leave

    1. The Interactions Between the FMLA, ADA, and State Leave and Workers' Compensation Laws
    2. When a Worker's Performance Suffers While on Intermittent Leave
    3. Do's and Don'ts of Defensive Documentation
    4. Timing Considerations
    5. Avoiding Retaliation Claims
    6. Review of Recent Case Law

  5. Firing Employees: Legal Essentials

    1. Conducting Termination Meetings and Exit Interviews: Tips and Traps
    2. State Requirements for Severance Packages and Separation Agreements
    3. State Whistleblower Laws
    4. Disciplining and Terminating Employees for Marijuana Use: Top Risks
    5. Preventing Wrongful Termination Claims
    6. Pay Reductions, Layoffs, and RIFs: Essential Guidelines

  6. Legal Essentials of Disciplining Employees

    1. Performance Reviews, Warnings, and Suspensions Made Simple
    2. Practical Guidance for Crafting Performance Improvement Plans (PIPs)
    3. Best Practices for Maintaining Disciplinary Policies and Records
    4. Employees With Mental Health Conditions: Handling Performance Issues
    5. Eliminating Bias From the Disciplinary Process
    6. Sloppy Disciplinary Procedures: Top Mistakes to Avoid

  7. Conducting Workplace Investigations: Legal Best Practices

    1. Forming an Investigation Plan
    2. General Rules on Who Should Conduct the Investigation
    3. Techniques for Determining Witness Credibility
    4. Investigation Interviews: Top Legal Considerations
    5. Creating the Investigative Report: Legal Best Practices
    6. Following Up

  8. Ethical Issues in Employment Law

    1. Rules of Professional Conduct
    2. Conflicts of Interest
    3. Attorneys' Fees
    4. Confidentiality

Who Should Attend

This basic level online seminar on employee hiring and firing is of benefit to:

  • Attorneys
  • Human Resource Professionals
  • Corporate Executives
  • Accountants
  • Payroll Professionals
  • Paralegals

Speakers

James G Burkhardt
James G.
Burkhardt
James Burkhardt, Arbitration & Mediation LLC
Priscilla Hapner
Priscilla
Hapner
Office of Priscilla Hapner
Rachel M Reight
Rachel M.
Reight
Baasten, McKinley & Co., L.P.A.
Grace Kuntz
Grace
Kuntz
Frost Brown Todd LLP
Christopher C Russell
Christopher C.
Russell
Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
Speaker bio
James G Burkhardt

James G. Burkhardt

James Burkhardt, Arbitration & Mediation LLC
James Burkhardt

is an arbitrator and mediator at his firm James Burkhardt, Arbitration & Mediation LLC, where he practices arbitration and mediation of workplace disputes, including labor-management, grievance, discipline, discrimination, wages and hours, employment covenants, and contracts. Mr. Burkhardt has represented public and private sector employers and employees, and now helps resolve workplace disputes as a mediator and arbitrator. He earned his bachelor's degree from Penn State and his J.D. degree from University of Toledo College of Law. Mr. Burkhardt is a certified specialist in labor and employment law; Ohio State Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section Council - NLRB CLE chair; and State Employment Relations Board (Ohio) Fact Finder roster. He is admitted to practice law in Ohio and before the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Priscilla Hapner

Priscilla Hapner

Office of Priscilla Hapner
Priscilla Hapner

is an employment law attorney with the Office of Priscilla Hapner, where she consults with management of all sizes and in a variety of industries concerning compliance with state and federal employment laws. Ms. Hapner is admitted to practice in Ohio and the federal courts of appeal for the Second, Third, Sixth and D.C. circuits, as well as the U.S. courts for the Northern and Southern districts of Ohio, Western District of Pennsylvania, and Eastern District of Michigan. She has been regularly listed as one of Central Ohio's Top Lawyers by Columbus CEO Magazine. Ms. Hapner earned her B.A. degree from The Ohio State University and J.D. degree, summa cum laude, from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law.

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Rachel M Reight

Rachel M. Reight

Baasten, McKinley & Co., L.P.A.
Rachel Reight

is a partner with Baasten, McKinley & Co., L.P.A. She practices in the areas of labor and employment law, administrative law (State Employment Relations Board, Ohio Department of Education and Children Services Investigations), workers' compensation, and defense of teachers and associations. Ms. Reight is a frequent speaker at workshops for public educators, school employees and county developmental disabilities board employees in Cuyahoga, Lorain and Summit counties. She is a member of Ohio State and Stark County (Disputed Fee committee) bar associations. Ms. Reight earned her B.A. degree from The Ohio State University and her J.D. degree from the University of Toledo College of Law.

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Grace Kuntz

Grace Kuntz

Frost Brown Todd LLP
Grace Kuntz

is an attorney at Frost Brown Todd LLP in the labor and employment practice group. She earned her A.A. degree from Southern State Community College, summa cum laude; her B.S. degree, summa cum laude, from Franklin University; and her J.D. degree, summa cum laude, from Northern Kentucky University Chase College of Law. Ms. Kuntz is a member of the Cincinnati Bar Association and is admitted to practice law in Ohio.

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Christopher C Russell

Christopher C. Russell

Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
Christopher Russell

is a partner in the law firm of Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP. He practices in the fields of labor and employment, and workers' compensation, representing various companies before state and federal courts and administrative agencies. Mr. Russell has been certified as one of the State of Ohio's first specialists in the field of workers' compensation by the Ohio State Bar Association. A substantial portion of his practice also involves labor arbitrations, employment litigation, and workplace safety issues. Mr. Russell is a member of the Ohio State, Columbus and American bar associations. He earned his B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from Kenyon College and his J.D. degree from The Ohio State University College of Law.

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